The Sports Ministry on Jan. 11 launched an investigation into the circumstances that led to national wrestler Seyfullah Karadeniz having to mop the floors at the provincial Directorate of Youths and Sports in the Central Anatolian province of Çankırı.

Doğan News Agency on Jan. 10 reported that Karadeniz, a member Turkey’s National Deaf Wrestling Team, was working as subcontracted worker at the directorate, publishing photographs showing him cleaning the floors there.

The Border’s crowded sports calendar this month has reduced the number of Queensland competitors able to take part in the Australian Deaf Games.

The 2018 games, which open in Albury-Wodonga on January 20, overlap with the start of the Queensland school year, although coinciding with every other state and territory’s holidays.

Deaf Sports Australia general manager Garry West-Bail said the dates were chosen so the Australian Deaf Games did not clash with annual Border fixture, the Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup (January 16-20).